Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When we write programs that "learn", it turns out that we do and they don't.
Alan J. Perlis
My programs don't have bugs, they just develop random features.
Anonymous
To iterate is human, to recurse divine.
L. Peter Deutsch
On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
Charles Babbage
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
Alan J. Perlis
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.
Anonymous
The object-oriented model makes it easy to build up programs by accretion. What this often means, in practice, is that it provides a structured way to write spaghetti code.
Paul Graham
Elegance is not optional.
Richard A. O'Keefe (from The Craft of Prolog)
If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime.
Anonymous
Processes and methodologies can make good servants but are poor masters.
Mark Dowd, John McDonald & Justin Schuh